The Mindfully Podcast

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What does it mean to live a more present life? Conversations with some of the world’s most inspiring teachers, researchers and guides. This podcast is about more than waking up and discovering presence. It’s also about waking down: bringing that presence into the beautiful and messy reality of everyday life. Hosted by meditation teacher and author Axel Wennhall. Edited by Gustav Nord. Intro music by Thomas "Storken" Henriksson. A podcast from Mindfully, the Scandinavian meditation app. Start your free 30-day trial at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago ·  Bonus

    Impermanence: Meditation with Axel Wennhall

    In this bonus episode, Axel guides you through a meditation on impermanence and wisdom. The meditation is part of The Fundamentals, the introductory series in the Mindfully app. If you’d like to listen to this meditation without the podcast introduction and explore more practices for living a more present life, download Mindfully. Try the app free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Impermanence: Meditation with Axel Wennhall

  2. Oct 27 ·  Bonus

    Transitions: Highlights with Mingyur Rinpoche

    In this bonus episode, we revisit some of the most insightful moments from Axel’s conversation with Mingyur Rinpoche about transitions and living a more present life. We encourage you to listen to the full conversation for the complete experience. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Transitions: Highlights with Mingyur Rinpoche

  3. Oct 22

    Transitions with Mingyur Rinpoche

    In this episode, Axel speaks with Mingyur Rinpoche about life’s transitions and how to live a more present life. Mingyur Rinpoche is a Tibetan lama and world-renowned meditation teacher who combines traditional Buddhist wisdom with modern neuroscience. He began meditating as a child under the guidance of his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Mingyur overcame severe panic attacks through meditation, an experience that continues to inform his teachings. He leads the global Tergar Meditation Community and collaborates with scientists such as Richard Davidson to study the effects of meditation on the brain. His bestselling books include In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying, which explores how practice can transform suffering into freedom and joy. We talk about: Seeing obstacles as opportunities for growth Mingyur’s near-death experience Spending more than four years on a wandering retreat The Tibetan Buddhist teachings on bardo, the intermediate states of life Mistaken identities The impermanence of life What challenging experiences can teach us The three senses of self The benefits of meditation The nature of mind and its qualities Simple ways to glimpse our true nature Why recognizing our true nature matters Working with difficult emotions such as panic What it means to accept something fully The courage to fail The basic goodness of human beings For more information about Mingyur Rinpoche, visit tergar.org. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Transitions with Mingyur Rinpoche

  4. Oct 15 ·  Bonus

    Love: Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

    In this bonus episode, Sharon Salzberg guides you through a meditation on the love that is already here.

    Love: Meditation with Sharon Salzberg

  5. Oct 13 ·  Bonus

    Love: Highlights with Sharon Salzberg

    In this bonus episode, we revisit some of the most insightful moments from Axel’s conversation with Sharon Salzberg about love and living a more present life.

    Love: Highlights with Sharon Salzberg

  6. Oct 8

    Love with Sharon Salzberg

    In this episode, Axel speaks with Sharon Salzberg about love and how to live a more present life Sharon is one of the world’s most renowned meditation teachers and a pioneer in bringing mindfulness and loving-kindness practices to the West. She is also a New York Times bestselling author. In 1976, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. We talk about: Why suffering is universal rather than personal The Buddha’s teachings as a way of life Changing our relationship with the mind rather than trying to stop our thoughts The magical moment when we recognize that the mind has wandered Beginning again Sharon’s conversation with the Dalai Lama about self-hatred The power of awareness and the freedom of not believing every thought Love as an ability, not only a feeling Recognizing the love that is already here Loving-kindness as an antidote to fear Listening with presence as an expression of love Offering loving-kindness to people who cause harm Sharon ends our conversation by guiding a meditation on love and space. For more information about Sharon, visit sharonsalzberg.com. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Love with Sharon Salzberg

  7. Oct 1 ·  Bonus

    Coming Home: Meditation with Alexis Santos

    In this bonus episode, Alexis Santos guides you through a meditation on returning home.

    Coming Home: Meditation with Alexis Santos

  8. Sep 29 ·  Bonus

    Coming Home: Highlights with Alexis Santos

    In this bonus episode, we revisit some of the most insightful moments from Axel’s conversation with Alexis Santos about coming home and living a more present life.

    Coming Home: Highlights with Alexis Santos

  9. Sep 24

    Coming Home with Alexis Santos

    In this episode, Axel speaks with Alexis Santos about the experience of coming home and how to live a more present life. Alexis is a meditation teacher who leads retreats internationally. He has been a long-time student of Sayadaw U Tejaniya and spent several years training as a Buddhist monk under his guidance. Alexis also completed the four-year teacher training program through the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock. His teachings emphasize knowing the mind through a natural and relaxed continuity of awareness. We talk about: The difference between natural and focused awarenessWhat Alexis has learned from Sayadaw U TejaniyaThe feeling of coming homeThe fruits of being kind to othersCommon misunderstandings on the pathThe habits of the mindSkillful and unskillful actionsThe superpower of saying sorryHow we can help others let goWise understanding and wise attitudeWorldly and unworldly joyWhy Alexis and Axel practise Alexis ends our conversation by guiding a meditation on returning home. For more information about Alexis, visit alexissantos.io. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Coming Home with Alexis Santos

  10. Sep 17 ·  Bonus

    HACK: Meditation with Axel Wennhall

    In this bonus episode, Axel guides you through a meditation on four mindful attitudes. The meditation HACK is part of The Fundamentals, the introductory series in the Mindfully app. If you’d like to listen to this meditation without the podcast introduction and explore more practices for living a more present life, download Mindfully. Try the app free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    HACK: Meditation with Axel Wennhall

  11. Sep 17 ·  Bonus

    Axel’s Story: Waking Up and Waking Down

    In this episode, Axel Wennhall shares some of the experiences that have shaped his inner journey. He begins with a nervous visit to a coach in 2016 and the moment he first recognized that he was not defined by his thoughts, fears or different subpersonalities. He reflects on later insights from intensive meditation retreats, becoming a parent and going through a divorce, and how these experiences changed his understanding of awakening and what it means to live a more present life. This is a personal story about waking up, waking down and learning to meet the beautiful and messy reality of being human with greater honesty, acceptance, curiosity and kindness. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Axel’s Story: Waking Up and Waking Down

  12. Sep 17

    Welcome to The Mindfully Podcast

    In this introductory episode, host Axel Wennhall explores the idea at the heart of the podcast: mindfulness is not a special state we need to create, but a natural capacity for awareness that we can learn to recognize and return to. Through conversations with some of the world’s most inspiring teachers and guides, the podcast explores what it means to live a more present life. It is not only about waking up and discovering presence, but also about waking down and learning to live from it with greater wisdom and compassion. Axel also shares the story behind the podcast, what to expect from future episodes and how The Mindfully Podcast grew out of the Swedish podcast Meditera mera and the meditation app Mindfully. Discover guided meditations, mindful movement and timeless wisdom in Mindfully, the app for living a more present life. Try Mindfully free for 30 days at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

    Welcome to The Mindfully Podcast
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What does it mean to live a more present life? Conversations with some of the world’s most inspiring teachers, researchers and guides. This podcast is about more than waking up and discovering presence. It’s also about waking down: bringing that presence into the beautiful and messy reality of everyday life. Hosted by meditation teacher and author Axel Wennhall. Edited by Gustav Nord. Intro music by Thomas "Storken" Henriksson. A podcast from Mindfully, the Scandinavian meditation app. Start your free 30-day trial at mindfully.now/TheMindfullyPodcast.

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  • Creator
    Mindfully
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mindfully
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    The Mindfully Podcast